attack
/əˈtæk/ noun A2- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. · They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle. · The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
- The beginning of active operations on anything. · Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
- An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system. · birthday attack; denial-of-service attack
- Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
Plural attacks
From the library
A Lion lay in ambush in the hope of making them his prey, but was afraid to attack them while they kept together.
They always bark whenever we approach you and attack us before we have done any harm.
The Ass, observing his trepidation at the mere crowing of a Cock summoned courage to attack him, and galloped after him for that purpose.
The Bowman immediately shot out an arrow and said to the Lion: “I send thee my messenger, that from him thou mayest learn what I myself shall be when I assail thee.” The wounded Lion rushed away in great fear, and when a Fox who had seen it all happen told him to be of good courage and not to back off at the first attack he replied: “You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself?”
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